Window treatment suggestions for 2 - 12 ft sliding doors facing East.
I need sun coverage for just a few hours in the morning...more so now since sun infiltrates the room more in the fall and winter.
Priority is not to block my views. i would leave them bare if it wasn’t for liklihood of fading. If I am going to use something the curtains would be fully opened most of the day. I’ve put off making a decision since I can’t find an ideal solution. I really feel like I’ve looked at most options...
grommets create the smallest stack back? Can I use grommet curtains that are not split so that the stack back is all on one end...perhaps the end near the builtin. Don’t love the grommet but might consider because of tighter stack back. I also like Linen-look semi sheers too but they have a large stackback unfortunately.
I’ve had the custom drapery gal here several times as she did the rest of my windows. She’s made many suggestions that I’ve rejected since they all involved some degree of blocking the view. neither she or I have been able to figure out an ideal treatment. The adjoining room has roller shades on the windows, that I’m really happy with but won’t work here.
anything I’m not thinking of here?? Is the grommet idea the best?
am I being too picky since I don’t really like anything we’ve thought about? Do I need to accept that I’m going to have to compromise view vs glass coverage? Thank you so much.
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maddielee
3 years agoILoveRed
3 years agoMaddie...the table area door opens to a screened porch. So not much risk of fading in that area (maybe fading on the porch however). If I put something on the door area without the porch I will probably put a matching treatment on the table area door...
i have thought about putting a solar shade on the exterior screen porch area on the beam that is to the East but didn’t follow through because I just became stymied due to uncertainty. if I had this it might even protect the area without the porch to some degree. I will get serious about this. Does anyone have a good source for exterior solar shades or should I just have the window gal look into it for me?
i love the idea of an awning on the outside of the uncovered area. I wonder how deep of an awning it would take to block the morning East sun? and I wonder why I never thought of this.
pics of screen porch beam for solar shade and pic of exterior door where the sun is such an issue (where awning would go). Anyone with awning knowledge, do I have room to fit an exterior awning above that door? Thanks.
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SJ E
3 years ago
decoenthusiaste
3 years ago
everdebz
3 years agoeverdebz
3 years ago
PROBeth H. :
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agowhat if you got an exterior bamboo shade, attached on the outside above that window, and just unrolled it during the hours you need it? when you don't, it rolls back up and you can't see it.
my dad used to do that for his window.
they also have exterior roller shades
decoenthusiaste
3 years ago
everdebz